EP 0832513 B1 20011017 - SOFT SWITCHING, PWM CONTROLLER AND METHOD FOR REDUCING TORQUE RIPPLE IN MULTIPHASE DC MOTOR
Title (en)
SOFT SWITCHING, PWM CONTROLLER AND METHOD FOR REDUCING TORQUE RIPPLE IN MULTIPHASE DC MOTOR
Title (de)
WEICH SCHALTENDER PWM-REGLER UND VERFAHREN ZUR VERMINDERUNG DER DREHMOMENTWELLIGKEIT IN MEHRPHASEN-GLEICHSTROM-MOTOREN
Title (fr)
COMMUTATION PROGRESSIVE, UNITE DE COMMANDE DE MODULATION DE LARGEUR D'IMPULSIONS ET TECHNIQUE PERMETTANT DE REDUIRE L'ONDULATION DE COUPLE DANS UN MOTEUR A COURANT CONTINU POLYPHASE
Publication
Application
Priority
IB 9600331 W 19960416
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO9739523A1] A PWM controlled multiphase DC motor apparatus has a multiphase DC motor, a current sensor, and a PWM controller. The DC motor has multiple windings which turn on and off during commutation at a commutation frequency. The current sensor is coupled to sense power supply current flowing in all windings of the DC motor. The PWM controller is coupled to control the DC motor using a PWM signal at selected PWM frequency with variable duty cycle. Using the feedback from the current sensor, the PWM controller maintains approximately constant torque in the DC motor by adjusting the duty cycle of the PWM signal. The PWM controller includes a soft switching circuit which manipulates a voltage used to generate the controlling PWM signal in a manner which causes linear slewing of currents in the windings during commutation. The linear current slewing occurs at a slew rate that is slow relative to the PWM frequency to thereby reduce torque ripple during commutation. The combined features of continuous PWM duty cycle control and linear current slewing during commutation significantly reduces torque ripple at the fundamental commutation frequency, as well as at the first few harmonics. A method for PWM control of a multiphase DC motor is also described.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
CPC (source: EP)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
DE FR GB IT
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 9739523 A1 19971023; DE 69616053 D1 20011122; DE 69616053 T2 20020620; EP 0832513 A1 19980401; EP 0832513 B1 20011017; JP 3782115 B2 20060607; JP H11509080 A 19990803
DOCDB simple family (application)
IB 9600331 W 19960416; DE 69616053 T 19960416; EP 96907637 A 19960416; JP 53689197 A 19960416